Amazing

December 10, 2008

I read two amazing things this week:

1st: The standard light bulb as we know it is to be replaced by LED lights over the coming years. By 2012 these lights will no longer be available in Europe (I suppose that includes the UK). Actually, selling them is prohibited! Philips, prominent manufacturer of light bulbs has calculated that this would mean a one-off saving of CO2 of 630 million tonnes, if all lights would be based on LED technology!

2nd: The price of oil is dropping, even as far as $42 per barrel. Typical… According to analysis this appears to be a structural dip in demand. Here we are: buying expensive stoves, installing expensive flue pipes, buying expensive chain saws, sawing logs from trunks that weight a zillion kilo’s, chopping logs and kindle… Erm… what for? Soon oil will be cheaper and less hassle…. or will it?

Posted by roger | Filed Under Blog, In the news 

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